Definition of Obeisances

1. Noun. (plural of obeisance) ¹

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Definition of Obeisances

1. obeisance [n] - See also: obeisance

Lexicographical Neighbors of Obeisances

obechi
obedible
obedience
obedience plant
obediences
obedienciaries
obedienciary
obediency
obedient
obedient plant
obediential
obedientiary
obediently
obedt
obeisance
obeisances
obeisancies
obeisancy
obeisant
obeisantly
obeisaunce
obeisaunces
obeisaunt
obeism
obeisms
obeli
obelia
obeliac
obeliad
obelias

Literary usage of Obeisances

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ceremonial Institutions: Being Part IV. of the Principles of Sociology. (The by Herbert Spencer (1883)
"CHAPTER Obeisances. § 383. Concerning a party of Shoshones surprised by them, Lewis and Clarke write—" The other two, an elderly woman and a little girl, ..."

2. The Principles of Sociology by Herbert Spencer (1896)
"CHAPTER VL Obeisances. § 383. Concerning a party of Shoshones surprised by them, Lewis and Clarke write—" The other two, an elderly woman and a litle girl, ..."

3. The Principles of Sociology by Herbert Spencer (1900)
"Obeisances. § 383. Concerning a party of Shoshones surprised by them, Lewis and Clarke write—" The other two, an elderly woman and a litle girl, ..."

4. The Principles of Sociology by Herbert Spencer (1899)
"\x Obeisances. • § 383. Concerning a party of Shoshones surprised by them, Lewis and Clarke write—" The other two, an elderly woman and a ..."

5. History of a Voyage to the China Sea by John White (1823)
"... ceremonies—Music—Sculpture Painting —Dramatic exhibitions—Padre Joseph—Arrival of the viceroy '—Presentation—Presents—Humiliating obeisances of ..."

6. Scripture manners and customs by Mary Fawler Maude (1862)
"Obeisances.—KISSING THE ROBE.—TOUCHING THE HEM OF THE GARMENT.—DISMOUNTING.—SPREADING GARMENTS. —PLACING ON HORSEBACK.—FIXING A SPEAR.—DEPUTATIONS. ..."

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